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SUBMITTER: Papanicolaou A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034548 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Genome biology 20160922 1
<h4>Background</h4>The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a major destructive insect pest due to its broad host range, which includes hundreds of fruits and vegetables. It exhibits a unique ability to invade and adapt to ecological niches throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world, though medfly infestations have been prevented and controlled by the sterile insect technique (SIT) as part of integrated pest management programs (IPMs). The genetic analysis and m ...[more]